Military Aircraft

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the  (a) required and  (b) actual level of spare part availability is for each aircraft type in the Royal Air Force.

Quentin Davies: The required level of spares for RAF aircraft is included in contractual agreements with industry, or is set by the Front Line Command. The achieved level of available spares is measured as part of these agreements.
	The following information for the required and achieved level of spares is provided as at 30 November 2008 unless otherwise stated. Although not used as a performance indicator as part of a contract with industry, the off the shelf satisfaction rate (OTSSR) is also measured for some aircraft types, and is therefore included in the table. The OTSSR is defined as the percentage of demands for spares satisfied direct from MOD stock.
	
		
			  Percentage 
			  Aircraft  Requirement  Achieved  OTSSR 
			 Typhoon 80 76 76 
			 Tornado GR4 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured. 95 
			 Tornado F3 As above 98 
			 Harrier GR7/GR9/T10/T12 85% of spares to be delivered within the required delivery date 86 96 
			 Nimrod MR2/R1 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured 
			 Tristar 85 83 74 
			 VC10 80 87 — 
			 Sentry 90 95 — 
			 Sentinel 75, 95 and 95% of (1)spares to be delivered within the required delivery date (2)81, 73 and 71 — 
			 Hercules C-130J/K Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured. 
			 C-17 As above 
			 BAE 146 Spares availability is not measured(3) 
			 BAE 125 As above 
			 Sea King 3/3a airframe(4) Less than 5% operational days lost due to lack of spares 0.1% operational days lost in Oct-Dec 2008 96(5) 
			 Sea King engines(6) 95 95 (5)95 
			 Dominie Spares availability is not measured. 85 
			 HawkTl/T2 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured. 86 
			 Tucano As above 95 
			 Vigilant Glider Spares availability is not measured. 95 
			 Viking Glider As above 95 
			 (1) 75% figure is for mission non-critical spares, 95% is for mission critical spares and 95% is for consumables. (2) This was for the period October-December 2008. (3) These aircraft are military derivatives of civil aircraft. Spare parts are procured on a "just-in-time" basis from the civil market to supplement minimum stock holdings held at the main and forward operating bases. (4) The Sea King Mk 3/3a is used by the RAF in the Search and Rescue role. (5) As at 31 October 2008. (6) These figures include the Sea King Mk4, Mk5 and Mk7 operated by the Royal Navy.

Official Cars

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what cars are  (a) owned,  (b) leased,  (c) hired and  (d) otherwise regularly used by his Department, broken down by cubic capacity of engine.

Quentin Davies: The Ministry of Defence has two lease agreements in place for the provision of the majority of non-operational cars (white fleet vehicles). It does not therefore own such vehicles under these arrangements. As at 31 December 2008 there were 8,701 cars leased under the UK and British forces Germany white fleet contracts. The engine sizes are broken down as follows:
	
		
			  Class  Size  Number 
			 Motor Vehicle Registration System (MVRIS) Class B Supermini (1000-1400 cc)—e.g. Ford Fiesta/Vauxhall Corsa 1,885 
			 MVRIS Class C Lower Medium (1300-2000 cc)—e.g. Ford Focus/Vauxhall Astra 4,907 
			 MVRIS Class D Upper Medium (1600-2800 cc)—e.g. Ford Mondeo/Vauxhall Vectra 1,300 
			 MVRIS Class H Dual Purpose 4x4 Vehicles (2500 cc) 55 
			 MVRIS Class I People Carriers (1800-2000 cc) e.g. Ford Galaxy/ Renault Espace 554 
		
	
	MVRIS is a motor industry system which provides data on the registration of new vehicles in the UK.
	The MOD also hires vehicles as and when required. This amounted to approximately 185,000 last year for the UK mainland. This can be broadly broken down as follows:
	MVRIS class B 24 per cent.; class C 60 per cent.; class D 14 per cent.; class I 12 per cent.
	MOD agencies such as the Defence Support Group, Met Office and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and overseas dependencies are outside of the White Fleet contract and have separate local arrangements. These details are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	Information on the small number of cars owned by Ministry of Defence for use on operations is being withheld as its disclosure could prejudice operational capability.